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The Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft "went to the sky" from Wenchang, and the "Exploration No. 1" scientific research ship brought the world-class archaeological results of two Ming Dynasty shipwrecks back to Sanya from the deep sea.
An important direction of contemporary scientific and technological development is to march towards deep space, deep sea, and deep earth, and the gradual integration of strategic space science and technology and industrial development is accelerating the change of economic and social life. With the process of technological innovation, the development of China's strategic space industry has continuously refreshed its height and promoted economic development to release new potential.
At present, there are more than 3 aerospace-related enterprises in China50,000. Among them, there will be more than 2,080 newly registered enterprises in 2022, and the growth rate of new enterprises will be 63%。There have been more than 160 financing incidents of commercial aerospace-related enterprises, with a financing amount of more than 40 billion yuan. In 2022, only Shenzhen's marine GDP will exceed 300 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 39%, accounting for 9 percent of GDP7%, the number of sea-related enterprises increased to nearly 30,000, of which 49 were sea-related listed companies.
Under the multiple favorable effects of policy, capital and market, China's commercial deep-sea aerospace has become a new "outlet".
Go to the deep blue
At the Fengjiahe Wharf in Wenhai Village in Qingdao Blue Valley, the upstream of the Binhai Cai Trail is full of people.
The clock hand goes back to ten years ago, when the coastal area of Wenhai Road was still a barren beach. Today, it has gathered a large number of national key marine science and technology projects, such as Laoshan Laboratory, National Deep-sea Base, China Shipbuilding Industry 725 Institute, and the First Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources.
This is just a microcosm of the rapid development of Qingdao Blue Valley. Qingdao City has entrusted Blue Valley with the important task of leading the development of the marine industry, and how to transform scientific research advantages into industrial victories is a "must-answer question" in front of Blue Valley. Since 2023, Qingdao Blue Valley has relied on its scientific research advantages, paid close attention to the industrial momentum, and accelerated the construction of a leading marine economic development demonstration zone in China around the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, the construction of industrial carriers, and urban renewal.
In May 2023, the northern wharf of the ocean drilling ship of the China Geological Survey of the Ministry of Natural Resources was inaugurated. The wharf is one of the home ports of China's deep-sea exploration "national heavy weapon" - ocean drilling ships, with the functions of ship docking, preparation and supply, command and dispatch, maintenance and maintenance, etc., after completion and operation, it will accelerate the industrialization process of China's natural gas hydrate exploitation and promote the international ocean drilling science plan to achieve leadership.
In October 2023, the Qingdao Offshore Comprehensive Test Site (Phase I) project was successfully capped, which will make every effort to build China's first offshore test system supported by "measurement accuracy", provide a public R&D and testing platform for the Blue Valley marine high-end equipment industry, and accelerate the transformation of marine high-end equipment achievements and the pace of industrial agglomeration.
In 2023, Qingdao Blue Valley will adhere to the principle of "project is king", vigorously accelerate investment promotion and project construction, and strengthen the modern marine industry. Up to now, Qingdao Blue Valley has negotiated more than 70 projects, received more than 200 project inspections, completed 44 signed projects, and reserved 10 key projects. Dr. Peng's headquarters of listed companies has moved in as a whole, and BAHEAL has issued an announcement on the relocation to Blue Valley. "List-based, node-based, and responsible" to do a good job in the construction of key projects in 52 provinces and municipalities, the overall construction progress of the two breeding ships "Guoxin No. 2" is more than half, and the conceptual design of 300,000 tons of "Guoxin No. 3" has been completed.
In the Yantian Port of Shenzhen, ocean-going freighters gather at anchorage, waiting for pilotage to enter the port; In the nearby port yard, tens of thousands of containers loaded with "Made in Shenzhen" are waiting to go to sea; After replenishing its own fluids at the Dapeng LNG terminal, the "New Optuo" sailed to the port area to refill the berthed container ship ......The developed shipping industry has become a "golden signboard" of Shenzhen's marine economy, and the container throughput of Shenzhen Port has ranked fourth in the world for many years, reaching 3,003 in 2022With 560,000 TEUs, Shenzhen has also become the fourth hub port in the world and the first in South China with LNG bunkering service capabilities.
In addition to the advantageous industry of shipping, Shenzhen's offshore oil and gas development has been quite large-scale, and emerging industries such as marine engineering and equipment manufacturing, marine electronic information, marine medicine and biological products have also developed rapidly. Shenzhen's marine industry is increasingly showing its strength, attracting more Shenzhen enterprises to accelerate their nuggets.
In October 2022, the first deepwater jacket platform in Asia, Haiji-1, independently designed and built by China, was put into operation in the eastern South China Sea oilfield of CNOOC Shenzhen Branch, opening up a new model for the development of deepwater oil and gas resources in China.
In Hainan Province, the southernmost part of China, while serving and guaranteeing major national projects, it is giving full play to the advantages of "temperature, depth and latitude" to build a highland for seed industry, deep sea and aerospace science and technology innovation, and promote the rapid development of the three future industries of "land, sea and air".
In Hainan, the second phase of China's first deepwater high-pressure gas field project "Shenhai No. 1" is being intensified, with an operating water depth of nearly 1,000 meters and a drilling depth of more than 5 kilometers.
China's self-developed deep-sea robot is conducting launching tests in the endless South China Sea to fully prepare for the next scientific expedition. The 10,000-meter deep dive set sail from the shore of Yazhou Bay, and a deep-sea science and technology city with deep integration of industry, learning and research has risen on the shore of Yazhou Bay, promoting scientific and technological innovation and industrial development in the fields of deep-sea equipment, marine energy, marine life science, marine ranching, and marine public services.
At present, the Hainan Provincial Deep-sea Technology Laboratory has been put into operation, with the public platform for deep-sea science and technology innovation, the South China Sea Geological Science and Technology Innovation Base, and the Hainan Deep-sea Technology Laboratory as the main body to promote the construction of the South Center Platform of the National Deep-sea Base.
On the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, the "Shendi No. 1" well has penetrated nearly 10,000 meters underground, setting a new record for the deepest onshore horizontal well in Asia. With the process of technological innovation, the development of China's strategic space industry has continuously refreshed its height and promoted economic development to release new potential.
Expansion into aerospace
In April 2021, the Qilu-1 and Qilu-4 satellites were ignited and lifted off on board the Long March-6 carrier rocket and successfully entered a predetermined orbit 500 kilometers above the earth, which was the first time that Shandong launched its own high-resolution commercial remote sensing satellite. The application of satellite data has been further expanded from the traditional natural resource census and ecological environmental protection to new fields such as agricultural production, finance, energy, and bulk commodities.
The broad market space of the aerospace information industry has attracted many cities to "seize the beach". Hefei, Anhui Province proposed to rely on the aerospace information industry to create a new growth pole, and strive to achieve a total scale of about 100 billion yuan by the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan"; Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province proposes to take Yunqi Town as the fulcrum to promote the deep integration of aerospace information technology and urban brain and other technologies, and form systematic data acquisition, data processing and data application capabilities.
Wu Yirong, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president of the Aerospace Information Innovation Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that China's high-resolution earth observation system and other observation methods have continued to improve, and the ability to obtain aerospace information has been greatly improved. Based on big data, artificial intelligence, deep learning and other technologies, aerospace information will be deeply integrated with various fields and industry application information, enabling the digital transformation of industry, economy and society.
According to the "2021 China's Aerospace" released by the China Press Office, China's aerospace industry is facing the major needs of economic and social development, strengthening satellite public welfare services and commercial applications, accelerating the transfer and transformation of aerospace technology achievements, promoting the development of the space application industry, and improving the efficiency of aerospace development.
Before the sun rises, the beach of Wenchang Qishui Bay is silent, and the Hainan commercial space launch site not far away is already in full swing. This is the first commercial space launch site in China to start construction, and in order to achieve the established goal of normalized commercial launches in 2024, this land has not stopped the pace of construction for a moment.
At 8 a.m. on December 29, 2023, the Hainan International Commercial Space Launch Center, which has been operating for 542 days and nights, was very lively, with pleasant voices and laughter one after another. At 9:25, in a boiling sound, Deng Zhong, executive deputy commander-in-chief of the construction headquarters of the Hainan International Commercial Space Launch Center, announced that the No. 1 launch station of the Hainan International Commercial Space Launch Center was officially completed.
As early as the 2022 China Aerospace Conference, many experts unanimously said that Hainan has the advantages and potential to develop the aerospace application industry. The China National Space Administration also made it clear that it will continue to support and promote commercial aerospace enterprises to land in Hainan and develop industries such as "aerospace +" smart ocean, life sciences, intelligent manufacturing, new materials and cultural science tourism.
At present, Hainan is giving full play to the home advantage of the launch site and the policy advantages of the free trade port, continuing to increase the support of the aerospace industry and the space economy, and building an industrial cluster represented by the R&D and manufacturing of high-end aerospace products, space big data, and space information applications.
At the Oriental Spaceport in Haiyang, Shandong, a coastal city in eastern China, Haiyang is heading towards the goal of "stars in the sky, ships on the sea, and arrows on land" from the "blue of the sea" to the "blue of the sky".
In June 2019, the Long March 11 solid launch vehicle successfully carried out China's first maritime launch vehicle launch with Haiyang Port as its home port. Taking this as an opportunity, Hai Duong planned and built the Oriental Spaceport. Since then, the aerospace industry has opened up a new world of "dreaming of the starry sky" for this small coastal city.
On March 30, 2023, the Long March 11 carrier rocket was launched in Jiuquan, and the rocket was completed at the Haiyang Oriental Spaceport. At present, the Haiyang Solid Rocket Industrial Base has the capacity to produce 10 solid launch vehicles per year.
Relying on rocket manufacturing and launching, the Oriental Spaceport extends the industrial chain to aerospace information services, develops satellite constellation operation, remote sensing data services, space information services, etc., and a 10-billion-level aerospace industry cluster integrating sea launch, satellite and arrow production and research, and satellite application is accelerating its rise.
Keep marching
The aerospace information industry refers to the emerging industries that use space infrastructure and technical means to collect, store, process and analyze information from the aerospace field and provide diversified services, mainly composed of satellite manufacturing, space-based operations, ground platforms and downstream terminal applications.
As a cutting-edge emerging form of information industry, the aerospace information industry relies on aerospace infrastructure such as satellites to collect, store, process and analyze information from the aerospace field, and provides diversified information services for enterprises, enterprises and the public. The aerospace information industry chain mainly includes rocket and satellite manufacturing, satellite launch, ground equipment manufacturing in the upstream, satellite operation in the midstream and data application services in the downstream, etc., with a wide range of application fields and broad development prospects.
Satellites, once "out of reach", are making great strides towards commercial application as manufacturing and operating costs drop dramatically. Lei Bin, vice president of Shandong Industrial Technology Research Institute, introduced that with the continuous breakthrough of technology, the high resolution is 0The cost of 5-meter optical satellites has dropped from hundreds of millions of yuan to tens of millions of yuan, and the weight of satellites has also dropped from more than 1 ton to about 200 kilograms. "The decline in the cost of hardware equipment has led to a reduction in data costs, so that more industries can afford to use data. ”
After years of development, China's aerospace information industry has continued to improve its independent innovation ability, continuously extended its industrial chain, and entered a new stage of rapid development, and its application has also penetrated into all walks of life. With the comprehensive construction of low-orbit satellite constellations and the rise of the satellite data consumption market, the aerospace information industry, which integrates cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing, is accelerating the transformation of our lives.
After the State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Collaborative Computing Technology was officially put into operation in Chengdu, Sichuan, Chen Aiguo, deputy director of the Advanced Computing Frontier Research Center of Tianfu Jiangxi Laboratory, said that the laboratory focuses on the research of ubiquitous intelligent computing system, a new generation of intelligent computing power covering the cloud edge end and network infrastructure system, etc., focusing on key technology research, leading the innovation of cloud edge intelligence and computing power collaborative technology, and will also form a continuous leading ability in intelligent collaborative computing to build a national strategic scientific and technological force.
Shaanxi is implementing the "Light Chasing Plan" to vigorously develop the photonic industry and build large scientific devices. As the cornerstone of a new generation of information technology, photonics can effectively solve the problems of information transmission rate and power consumption by virtue of their physical characteristics such as ultra-high speed, ultra-high bandwidth, and ultra-low loss. "It can effectively promote our R&D breakthroughs and scientific breakthroughs in the fields of materials, quantum, and biomedicine. Mi Lei, a researcher at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said.
An important direction of contemporary scientific and technological development is to march towards deep space, deep sea, and deep earth, and the gradual integration of strategic space science and technology and industrial development is accelerating the change of economic and social life. In recent years, China has adhered to the combination of aerospace technology and industrial development, and constantly opened up new fields and new tracks.
The three major areas of land, sea and air are not only the key topics of scientific and technological innovation, but also the strategic propositions that affect the future. From a seed to the boundless ocean, and then to the vast universe, we are aiming at opportunities and setting off for the future with the genes of daring and daring, and the spirit of openness and inclusiveness.
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This article was published in the early February 2024 issue of Xiaokang.